plaZma intervjuad, igen
Norges favorit plaZma har återigen blivit intervjuad, denna gången av Isländska eSports.is (!) och självklart handlar det även denna gången om bland annat i33. Förrutom det pratar plaZma om sitt älskade Dignitas, EuroCup och isländsk CoD. Och ja plaZma, Chefen saknar också bunnyhoppingen från CoD1!
Saxat:
"Q: Now you have been playing games like Call of duty 1 - 2 - 4 , Quake 4, ET wich game do you think you?ve enjoyed the most?
A: Call of duty 1 in the start, with the bunnyhopping, and Quake4 towards the end when I was winning against people i looked up to in my noob days (when playing q3, i pretty much loved watching players like fox, fooki, socrates, etc playing..)
Q: You have also been known for playing for the big names wich team have you liked the most?
A: Dignitas by far, Really love the team, the people in the team, the managers and everything.. It's way different from other teams I've been in, a lot more friendlier in dignitas, everyone talks to everyone, we're kinda like a huge family :)
Q: i33 event in England is coming up next, your team dignitas will be attending how are you guys preparing for that event?
A: We've recently replaced luka with SKO and we've been preparing by playing a lot a lot a lot everyday, even weekends. And I have seen us taking huge steps in a positive direction, and I can't wait to play at i33 :)
Q:Recently Clanbase crew announced the groups for EuroCup XVII, you are in the same group as DEFEATERS, fastswitch.no and Roskilde Ravens wich team do you think is the biggest threat in your group?
A: Roskilde obviously, but I also think fastswitch if they have their day can be a tough opponent, I don't really know a lot about Defeaters, but according to luckeR they are a good team, so we're not taking any matches lightly :)
Q: Arent you happy to see fastswitch.no a team from Norway partipate in the cup?
A: I'm thrilled, fastswitch is a very good team with very nice people in it, I hope they go through our group (with us) and show people that norway can do good in cod4 also :D"
Läs vidare:
eSports.is
2 eller 3 SMG:s på CODQCUP?
Dags att hjälpa CODQCUP-admins med en ganska så stor fråga. Att det blir en gräns på hur många SMG:s man ska få använda är klart, hur många är dock långt ifrån klart. ClanBase använder sig av en gräns på 3 medans i33 skall testa med 2. Vad är bäst för CoD4 anser du?
Hjälp deffan&co:
Rösta
SPEED-LINK lägger ner
Ett av de största egon som CoD-scenen någonsin skådat, Trigger har nu gått ut med att SPEED-LINK tackar för sig. Detta på grund av att man inte lyckats reparera laget efter att humM3L försvann till sjukhuset (läs mer). SPEED-LINK har trots att man inte lyckats prestera speciellt bra i CoD4 hunnit med en hel del. Först kommer vi ihåg när det vart ramaskri efter att "legenden" Fuchsstute la gaming på hyllan (läs mer), sen splittrade man Tysklands då bästa lag, Legendary för att fylla tomrummet (läs mer). Nu lägger man alltså ner och i sitt uttalande skyller man på att man inte kan ersätta sin Fuchsstute och att Tyskland inte har tillräckligt bra spelare att fylla tomrummet i lineupen..
Ursäkter och åter ursäkter.. att inte Tyskland har tillräckligt många bra spelare är ett skämt då Tyskland kanske är den största nationen i CoD4. Ska sanningen fram har man i SPEED-LINK aldrig kommit upp på samma nivå som man var i CoD2 och det är nog där skon klämmer snarare än någon annanstans. Pinsamt utspel Trigger..
En tysk som skriver på engelska:
"This is the last day of SPEED-LINK CoD4, eventough we didnt want it to end this way. After several attempts to get back on track, we finally realised that we wouldn't have enough energy to do another comeback. We felt that the german player market wouldn't provide us what we needed to get back on top again. We couldnt achieve much in Call of Duty 4, our power was just not enough anymore.
Some will probably come up with things like "i knew it" or things like this, but in the end we really did our best not to let this happen. Even with 3 setbacks within the last 5 months, we always had the will to come back. At the end we saw that Fuchsstute just couldn't be replaced and eventhough every player hungers for more, it wont happen with this team anymore."
Det är dock tråkigt för scenen som tappar ett lag som gärna deltog på LAN.. men ungefär där slutar väl det tråkiga med det hela.
Relaterat:
Team-SL.com
Tek-9.org (källa)
Ursäkter och åter ursäkter.. att inte Tyskland har tillräckligt många bra spelare är ett skämt då Tyskland kanske är den största nationen i CoD4. Ska sanningen fram har man i SPEED-LINK aldrig kommit upp på samma nivå som man var i CoD2 och det är nog där skon klämmer snarare än någon annanstans. Pinsamt utspel Trigger..
En tysk som skriver på engelska:
"This is the last day of SPEED-LINK CoD4, eventough we didnt want it to end this way. After several attempts to get back on track, we finally realised that we wouldn't have enough energy to do another comeback. We felt that the german player market wouldn't provide us what we needed to get back on top again. We couldnt achieve much in Call of Duty 4, our power was just not enough anymore.
Some will probably come up with things like "i knew it" or things like this, but in the end we really did our best not to let this happen. Even with 3 setbacks within the last 5 months, we always had the will to come back. At the end we saw that Fuchsstute just couldn't be replaced and eventhough every player hungers for more, it wont happen with this team anymore."
Det är dock tråkigt för scenen som tappar ett lag som gärna deltog på LAN.. men ungefär där slutar väl det tråkiga med det hela.
Relaterat:
Team-SL.com
Tek-9.org (källa)
n!faculty tappar sitt CoD4-lag
Tyska organisationen n!faculty har tappat sitt CoD4-lag. Detta efter att man internt inte kunde komma överrens i laget (vilket gjorde att z0oL fick lämna) och när sedan szic gick inaktiv var man nere på endast 3 personer utan motivation att bygga om.
Något officiellt uttalande på engelska går inte att finna (suprise!) men klart är dock att organisationen i sig kommer att leta efter ett nytt CoD4-lag, så håll ögonen öppna så får vi nog snart se en ny lineup i n!faculty.
Tyskarna som alltså inte längre tillhör n!:
Monstar
puNi
MiJLES
z0oL
szic
En väldigt tysk sida:
faculty.de
Något officiellt uttalande på engelska går inte att finna (suprise!) men klart är dock att organisationen i sig kommer att leta efter ett nytt CoD4-lag, så håll ögonen öppna så får vi nog snart se en ny lineup i n!faculty.
Tyskarna som alltså inte längre tillhör n!:
Monstar
puNi
MiJLES
z0oL
szic
En väldigt tysk sida:
faculty.de
Massiv Tek-9.org-artikel inför i33
Med i33 runt hörnet har det mer eller mindre sprutat (!) ut intervjuer och artiklar inför vad som kommer bli en hyperintressant turnering. JETSET borta hos Tek-9.org har därför gjort en grym artikel med lineups, resultat och kommenteringar kring dessa.
"After the recent Crossfire Devotii Challenge in Enschede, the Netherlands last month, we will once again be preparing ourselves for yet another major Call of Duty 4 competition: the Multiplay i33.
The once mainly UK based tournament at the Newbury Racecourse will be the playground for some of biggest names in Call of Duty 4 and the first CoD4 event featuring a North American team. Fighting for a total prize purse of 12,000 euro, an estimated 55 teams will be hitting it off in the i33 groupstages, after which 32 teams (unconfirmed) are set to compete in a single elimination bracketstyle playoff."
Läs vidare:
Tek-9.org via CoD.se (källa)
QuadV intervjuade
QuadV.com som brukar ge oss åskådare den bästa underhållningen när det drar ihop sig till match har nu inför i33 blivit intervjuade, mannen som fått svara på frågorna är ReDeYe och fokus ligger såklart på hur deras coverage av turneringen kommer att se ut.
"Q: May I kindly have your top three predictions for CSS, CoD4 and FIFA?
A: COD4 is very open too with a lot of great teams, but im going to go for fnatic, TLR and possibly (just because I love the players) Team EG.
Q: So can you talk us through the staff you'll have at i33?
A: Sure. We will have our excellent team of technicians, Iain and Cabe who will be dealing with production and editing (including making sure all of our Video On Demand section has the videos for those who miss the event).
They are managed by our Technical Director, Oliver (aka Jester) who is also responsible for everything that happens in the finals arena, including lighting, screens, mics, sound, vision, you name it, he sorts it.
Then we have our casting crew which will consist of myself casting and presenting, TosspoT for COD4 and main stage, Joe for COD4 and man stage, Deman will look after the COD4 stream and cover finals on stage.
Jay will also be there for COD4 and Main stage and Hoodini will be our lead on the CSS Dedicated stream.
We also then have several of our staff back at base, looking after the IRC channel and making sure the stream is working the way we want it, it really is a full on role for the whole crew.
Q: With CoD4 having no in game TV option, do you feel this puts more pressure on QuadV to provide entire coverage?
A: I think it does in some ways yes, we seem to have been doing a lot of COD4 lately and whilst its been well received, we do have other communities to cover and other games to commentate on. I would rather IW worked hardto release a TV client, but then I would also like Duke Nukem Forever to come out."
Läs vidare:
Cadred.org
"Q: May I kindly have your top three predictions for CSS, CoD4 and FIFA?
A: COD4 is very open too with a lot of great teams, but im going to go for fnatic, TLR and possibly (just because I love the players) Team EG.
Q: So can you talk us through the staff you'll have at i33?
A: Sure. We will have our excellent team of technicians, Iain and Cabe who will be dealing with production and editing (including making sure all of our Video On Demand section has the videos for those who miss the event).
They are managed by our Technical Director, Oliver (aka Jester) who is also responsible for everything that happens in the finals arena, including lighting, screens, mics, sound, vision, you name it, he sorts it.
Then we have our casting crew which will consist of myself casting and presenting, TosspoT for COD4 and main stage, Joe for COD4 and man stage, Deman will look after the COD4 stream and cover finals on stage.
Jay will also be there for COD4 and Main stage and Hoodini will be our lead on the CSS Dedicated stream.
We also then have several of our staff back at base, looking after the IRC channel and making sure the stream is working the way we want it, it really is a full on role for the whole crew.
Q: With CoD4 having no in game TV option, do you feel this puts more pressure on QuadV to provide entire coverage?
A: I think it does in some ways yes, we seem to have been doing a lot of COD4 lately and whilst its been well received, we do have other communities to cover and other games to commentate on. I would rather IW worked hardto release a TV client, but then I would also like Duke Nukem Forever to come out."
Läs vidare:
Cadred.org
coconutcrew på The Gathering
The Gathering börjar nu rulla igång och på plats har vi 1 lag från Sverige, coconutcrew. Lite tråkigt kan tyckas då Norge känns väldigt nära men Chefen hoppas på bättre uppslutning nästa gång. Totalt är det i alla fall 20 lag på plats och där har våra svenska vikingar lyckats seedas som 2:a, efter fastswitch men före Check-it och Team Kry.
Informationen från The Gatherings sida är inte heller på topp då en komplett lista på deltagande lag verkar mer eller mindre omöjlig att få tag på, coconutcrew har inte heller någon aning om vilket lag man ställs mot samt att matcherna är lite galet placerade. Eller vad sägs om första matchen idag (torsdag) klockan 14:00 och nästa match efter det, fredag klockan 06:30.. En annan mycket anmärkningsvärd idé man fått är att spela med Red Dot, något som är mer eller mindre portat i toppskiktet av CoD4-scenen.
coconutcrew @ The Gathering:
Me
ruff
ktdch
dwz
TAKIDA (FrGzR)
Chefen slet tag på cnc\ruff för att höra hur läget stod till i Norge..
"Q: coconutcrew på Gathering i Norge. Hur gick det till?
A: Jag tror att vi bara satt å snackade på skojj lite om åka på lan i början. Sen kollade vi lite och TG lät intressant. Vi började kolla mer och mer och till slut bestämmde vi oss för att åka.
Q: i33 spelas ju samtidigt och med större prispott, var aldrig det intressant?
A: I33 är självklart intressant men som sagt vi betalar ur egen ficka. Det hade vart roligare att åka på i33 med tanke på dom andra lagen som är där. Vore kul å spela mot dom på riktigt så man ser hur det går till. Säger inte att detta är tråkigt dock.
Q: Hur har ni förberett er?
A: Kato, Me och Dworkz har kört lite bootcamp i stockholm hemma hos me och jag fick lov att jobba till tisdagen så jag och frgzr spelade hemmifrån.
Q: Hur ser du på era chanser att vinna Gathering?
A: Jag ser allt på den ljusa sidan. Dock får jag inte dricka min doping på lanet (jack n coke) så jag vet inte hur jag kommer prestera. Känner bara igen 2 lag härifrån och det är fastswitch och checkit och det ska bli intressant och se hur detta slutar.
Q: Har ni praccat något emot dem (fswitch och checkit) för att se hur de spelar?
A: Svar nej bara spelat lite mixar med/mot dom. Vi har nog bara praccat mot checkit men det säger inte så mycket för det var ett bra tag sedan.
Q: Är den lineupen ni använder er av på Gathering er numer officiella?
A: FrGzR är standin för dne (danne) som inte kunde följa med pga jobb. Vi bestämmde oss för att ta med frgzr i söndags så vi har inte träffat/snackat med han så mycket innan men det är en mycket trevlig typ så vi får se vart det slutar.
Q: Får önska er lycka till i alla fall, visa norrbaggarna vem det är som fortsatt är storebror!
A: Det ska vi göra. :) Just nu håller vi på och samlar ihop claner till en "protestlista" mot red doten. Vi pratade med admins och dom sa om vi får 7 lag gå med på att köra utan så blir det utan. Vi har just nu fått alla 4 topseedade lagen att gå med. Så vi får se hur det slutar! Inge lan utan kamp."
Chefen håller såklart på coconutcrew och mer rapportering från The Gathering på Koddblogg utlovas - så fort TG väljer att släppa mer information av något slag, skärpning Norge!
Relaterat:
#coconutcrew @ QNet.
Gathering.org
4Kings - the 5 minute team intervjuade
Många intervjuer blir det, senast ut i raden är corp, spelare hos 4Kings, laget som går till historien som CoD4:as mest instabila. Nu verkar man trots detta faktiskt hålla ihop då man har haft samma lineup i en hel månad (!), nu väntar dock i33 och blir det ett misslyckande där skulle inte en ny lineup i 4K ge mycket på oddset. Det som talar för 4Kings är faktiskt det faktum att laget nu slår från underläge, ingen förväntar sig att detta laget ens ska vara i närheten av de 6000 euro som slutsegraren tar med sig hem.
"Q: It has been a bumpy ride for 4Kings since the beginning concering line ups, do you think this has affected any of the core members such as yourself?
A: The original lineup was created by palmz which was palmz, crow, wiz, junior and myself. The lineup inevitably didn't reach expectations and changes were made, and this was the pattern that repeated itself a few times until now. Of course with these changes happening it was hard for the team because when it took 1 step forward, it took 2 steps back.
Personally, it hasn't affected my mentality of wanting to win but it has affected how other people look at me and the team. They see it, as you describe in another question, as a '5 minute team', with fair reason; but instead of this branding having a negative effect, it gives the team more drive to prove them wrong.
Q: Four Kings officially welcomed wiz, Geordie and vasquez mid February, following the departure of palmz, pain, skipz and RcO the end of January. Is this the best 4K line-up so far and why?
A: Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the strongest lineup that 4K has had so far. For any team to be successful it needs to be the whole package, and this is the only lineup so far which has been. Contrasting personalities lead to a good balance in the team, and it creates an extremely enjoyable environment to play in which makes it much easier for the team to play together.
Q: There has been a lot of debate concerning the state of the UK scene, its immaturity and the non stop roster changes. What would you say to critics who suggest that this new look 4-kings is another 'five minute' line up?
A: I have no intention of making any lineup changes anytime soon. This team, as I said previously, is the best lineup yet and I have every confidence that the others share my mentality that this team will be extremely successful in the upcoming months.
Q: How do you feel the team has progressed over the past month? Are you fully prepared for i33?
A: Without a doubt the team has progressed leaps and bounds but as every team does, we've hit roadblocks along the way. In regards to us being fully prepared, I don't think that we have had enough time to fully prepare ourselves but we are all confident that the minor roadblocks will disappear on lan and everything will fall into place.
Q: Your current team have alot experience in Call of Duty 2 both on and offline. How do you think you will fare against the top teams in Call of Duty 4 and what are the team's expectations for i33?
A: This team has the ability to fare well with any European team that there is at the moment, it's only weakness is its youth in comparison to other teams and whether this is something that will affect us at I33 will soon be seen. The teams expectation is to perform well as a team, of course ideally we want to win everything like any other competitor but as long as we manage to push ourselves forward as a team, we will be happy."
Läs vidare:
Tek-9.org
CoD4 på ESWC Masters
Som ni säkert har hunnit med att läsa på diverse sidor så gick CrossFire.nu ut med nyheten att CoD4 lyckats ta sig köksvägen in på ESWC Masters som hålls i Paris 4:-6:e juli. Det är Packard Bells iPOWER Tournament som flyttas till Paris och första kvalet sker på i33 och det är (såklart) Storbrittanien som får skicka sitt bäst placerade lag till turneringen. Fortsatt saknas dock mycket information, t.ex. är det oklart hur prispotten ser ut i Paris. Det bör även anordnas ett kval i Sverige men när, var och hur står skrivet i stjärnorna.
Chefen vill dit..
Läs vidare:
i33.Muliplay.co.uk
TLR|Mark intervjuad, igen
För inte så länge sedan intervjuade TEK-9.org (läs mer) Mark, lagledare och spelare i CDC4-överaskningen TLR. Nu har även Cadred.org grabbat tag i honom för att kolla läget inför i33 där nu TLR får agera favoriter istället för underdogs. Nu vill Mark ställas mot Fnatic och få revanch för final-förlusten senast, vi får väl se hur det kommer att gå, men visst vore det intressant.
"Q: Despite your impressive finish at CDC, you guys seem to be quite underrated, with most people expecting one of the European teams to take it. Why do you think this is?
A: I feel we are underrated due to the hype surrounding SMG's in the game, at cdc we did use them a fair bit which is why some haters are expecting us to fail at i33 with the limit on SMG's to 2. All i can say is wait and see because a limit on SMG's won't stop us getting to where we want to be ! I think people are expecting a european or even the canadian team to take it as i-series has always been a predominantly UK organisation based event and are suprised to see alot of foreign teams making the effort this time round.
Q: Speaking of the European teams, who do you see as your biggest threats at the tournament? With Dignitas, Tek9, fnatic, TCM, and 4k all attending, the competition is looking fierce.
A: I think our biggest threat will be fnatic who im sure we would love a rematch on lan against after CDC :D. Every top 8 seeded team is a potential threat but i think it will come down to who wants the win more and maybe the luck of the map.
Q: Do you think the canadian team Evil Geniuses will have much of an impact on the tournament? Having finished 2nd at NERV LAN yesterday, and with heaps of experience in competitive gaming, they're a pretty unknown threat for all the European teams.
A: I haven't been following the NA scene but i reckon they will be at a major disadvantage with the mega difference in rulesets with deep impact off over here and on over there, as is the red dot. If they have practiced enough im sure their unrivalled amount of experience will pull them to a top 8 position.
Q: How do you expect the other UK teams to do, such as the newly formed 4k, TCM, and Packard Bell?
A: I haven't really seen much from the other UK teams but from what i have seen i think that you will see some very big upsets from UK teams such as the under rated exabyte ( if they perform as well on lan as they have been lately online). Other uk teams being able to maybe cause some upsets would be audacity, antix and VVV.
Q: What are your expectations for Exabyte? Despite having numerous impressive results, beating teams like eSuba in Clanbase, they've yet to prove themselves at LAN. Do you think they can reflect their online gameplay in the LAN environment?
A: I know that three of their players have been to lan before which are attending this event, however the two that haven't been to lan there has been a few words said here and there by some teams about them. I think that they might just crack under the pressure as im sure people will want to line up to spec them after alot of hype surrounding their online play =]"
Läs vidare:
Cadred.org
"Q: Despite your impressive finish at CDC, you guys seem to be quite underrated, with most people expecting one of the European teams to take it. Why do you think this is?
A: I feel we are underrated due to the hype surrounding SMG's in the game, at cdc we did use them a fair bit which is why some haters are expecting us to fail at i33 with the limit on SMG's to 2. All i can say is wait and see because a limit on SMG's won't stop us getting to where we want to be ! I think people are expecting a european or even the canadian team to take it as i-series has always been a predominantly UK organisation based event and are suprised to see alot of foreign teams making the effort this time round.
Q: Speaking of the European teams, who do you see as your biggest threats at the tournament? With Dignitas, Tek9, fnatic, TCM, and 4k all attending, the competition is looking fierce.
A: I think our biggest threat will be fnatic who im sure we would love a rematch on lan against after CDC :D. Every top 8 seeded team is a potential threat but i think it will come down to who wants the win more and maybe the luck of the map.
Q: Do you think the canadian team Evil Geniuses will have much of an impact on the tournament? Having finished 2nd at NERV LAN yesterday, and with heaps of experience in competitive gaming, they're a pretty unknown threat for all the European teams.
A: I haven't been following the NA scene but i reckon they will be at a major disadvantage with the mega difference in rulesets with deep impact off over here and on over there, as is the red dot. If they have practiced enough im sure their unrivalled amount of experience will pull them to a top 8 position.
Q: How do you expect the other UK teams to do, such as the newly formed 4k, TCM, and Packard Bell?
A: I haven't really seen much from the other UK teams but from what i have seen i think that you will see some very big upsets from UK teams such as the under rated exabyte ( if they perform as well on lan as they have been lately online). Other uk teams being able to maybe cause some upsets would be audacity, antix and VVV.
Q: What are your expectations for Exabyte? Despite having numerous impressive results, beating teams like eSuba in Clanbase, they've yet to prove themselves at LAN. Do you think they can reflect their online gameplay in the LAN environment?
A: I know that three of their players have been to lan before which are attending this event, however the two that haven't been to lan there has been a few words said here and there by some teams about them. I think that they might just crack under the pressure as im sure people will want to line up to spec them after alot of hype surrounding their online play =]"
Läs vidare:
Cadred.org
i33 är topseedat
Multiplay i33 Top 8 Seeded Teams
1. Team Dignitas
2. TheLastResort
3. fnatic
4. TEK9
5. Roskilde
6. Evil Geniuses
7. Four Kings
8. Team CoolerMaster
Relaterat:
i33
Tek9 (Källa)
dtekt uppdaterar förstafemman
Finska dtekt har just jobbat om lite i sin lineup. Laget placerade på plats 9-12 (av 18 lag) på Level7, något som speciellt Diesel var missnöjd med då det ledde till att han helt sonika slutade spela med bristande motivation som anledning. Därför har dtekt plockat in mide som senast sågs spela under Random Gamings flagg på Level7 men frågan är om inte laget kunde ha hittat en mer meriterad spelare med tanke på den senaste tidens händelser på den finska scenen.
Zen konstaterar:
After the Level7 Open Cup, we felt we needed to practice more. Diesel felt he was lacking too much motivation to practice as much as we all wanted to. This led to the fact that we were in need of a replacement. We became good friends with mide during the LAN and he was willing to join us afterwards. His activity, motivation and experience are more than welcome in our team. Diesel's departure is a sad thing to happen, but our friendship will still remain and we will always remember him as a great dude!
De fem finnarna:
zen
hlbot
rion
hendRi
mide
Relaterat:
dtektion.org
Tek-9.org (Källa)
Zen konstaterar:
After the Level7 Open Cup, we felt we needed to practice more. Diesel felt he was lacking too much motivation to practice as much as we all wanted to. This led to the fact that we were in need of a replacement. We became good friends with mide during the LAN and he was willing to join us afterwards. His activity, motivation and experience are more than welcome in our team. Diesel's departure is a sad thing to happen, but our friendship will still remain and we will always remember him as a great dude!
De fem finnarna:
zen
hlbot
rion
hendRi
mide
Relaterat:
dtektion.org
Tek-9.org (Källa)
TEK9|kammYz intervjuad
En av de största profilerna i Finland är kammYz. Han spelar till vardags i Tek-9 som stundtals haft det lite kämpigt i CoD4 efter att ha varit nästan konstant på topp i CoD2. kammYz är en av de mer nyss inkomna i laget och det var många som tvekade på om han hade vad som krävdes för det forna storhetslaget. Chefen var dock inte en av tvivlarna då kammYz numera bevisat att han är stjärnan i laget. Nedan är från en intervju som tar upp både inför i33 och tankarna efter CDC4 som var hans första lan utanför Finlands gränser.
"Q: When you joined TEK9, a lot of criticism was aimed at you, making out that you weren't good enough to be in TEK9. Do you feel you have beaten these critics with your on-form performance lately?
A: I don't know about that, I've never listened other peoples opinions.. at least not too much. Some might think that I?m not good enough for TEK9, and some not.. I don't care..
Q: Well your performance at the CDC4 a couple of weeks ago was immense, how do you personally train yourself coming up to a big event?
A: I try not to think about it. Before CDC4 I asked my team-mates to leave me out of practice for a few days before the event, and decrease the amount of practicing the same week because I wanted to be motivated. But now I don't think that's needed, I'm going to find motivation for a LAN event, whatever the case. Anyways it was only my first LAN so I can't really say anything about preparing yourself to a big event. =)
Q: How was your experience at CDC4?
A: Amazing, the LAN was nice. I didn't care about the delays, I met some cool people and playing was fancy with nice ping, good FPS and a TFT screen!
Q: Were you at all disappointed with the 5/6th standing that TEK9 placed?
A: Yes, but after few days I came out of it and realised it was pretty good considering the circumstances."
Läs vidare:
Tek-9.org
"Q: When you joined TEK9, a lot of criticism was aimed at you, making out that you weren't good enough to be in TEK9. Do you feel you have beaten these critics with your on-form performance lately?
A: I don't know about that, I've never listened other peoples opinions.. at least not too much. Some might think that I?m not good enough for TEK9, and some not.. I don't care..
Q: Well your performance at the CDC4 a couple of weeks ago was immense, how do you personally train yourself coming up to a big event?
A: I try not to think about it. Before CDC4 I asked my team-mates to leave me out of practice for a few days before the event, and decrease the amount of practicing the same week because I wanted to be motivated. But now I don't think that's needed, I'm going to find motivation for a LAN event, whatever the case. Anyways it was only my first LAN so I can't really say anything about preparing yourself to a big event. =)
Q: How was your experience at CDC4?
A: Amazing, the LAN was nice. I didn't care about the delays, I met some cool people and playing was fancy with nice ping, good FPS and a TFT screen!
Q: Were you at all disappointed with the 5/6th standing that TEK9 placed?
A: Yes, but after few days I came out of it and realised it was pretty good considering the circumstances."
Läs vidare:
Tek-9.org
WCG Q-Tour seedning
Som bekant ska WSG Q-Tour Norge spelas på The Gathering. Nu har man seedat norrbaggarna (riktigt hur och baserat på vad är ju en annan sak) och så här ser det ut.
01. Robin "robonz" Bakken - Oslo Lions
02. Daniel "Zenith" Johansen - Oslo Lions
03. Preben "PSIR" Skiple - Fastswitch.no
04. Geir "GiZzOR" Wivelstad - Fastswitch.no
05. Alexander "alex" Halvorsen - Oslo lions
06. Simen "Lyse" Lyse - Check.it
07. Martin "runaway" Lesjø - Team Quantum
08. Arne "cheesy" Robert - Check.it
09. Jonas "Raffens" Hausken - Team Nightzhade
10. Henrik "steam" Stene - Team Check.it
11. Vegar "Veg" Skaret - Team Quantum / Matkameratene
12. Christian "oreN" Øren, Team Quantum
13. Per "fazz" Søderman - former SK-gaming, 2easy, p1mps,
14. Eirik "Opt1mus" Baadshaug - HoT
Heia Norge!
Relaterat:
Q-Tour Bracket
Gathering.org
QPAD.se
CoD.se (källa)
01. Robin "robonz" Bakken - Oslo Lions
02. Daniel "Zenith" Johansen - Oslo Lions
03. Preben "PSIR" Skiple - Fastswitch.no
04. Geir "GiZzOR" Wivelstad - Fastswitch.no
05. Alexander "alex" Halvorsen - Oslo lions
06. Simen "Lyse" Lyse - Check.it
07. Martin "runaway" Lesjø - Team Quantum
08. Arne "cheesy" Robert - Check.it
09. Jonas "Raffens" Hausken - Team Nightzhade
10. Henrik "steam" Stene - Team Check.it
11. Vegar "Veg" Skaret - Team Quantum / Matkameratene
12. Christian "oreN" Øren, Team Quantum
13. Per "fazz" Søderman - former SK-gaming, 2easy, p1mps,
14. Eirik "Opt1mus" Baadshaug - HoT
Heia Norge!
Relaterat:
Q-Tour Bracket
Gathering.org
QPAD.se
CoD.se (källa)
strelok skadad, TW!ST ersätter
Tek-9 har drabbats av vad som inte är för allt för vanligt inom e-Sport, nämnligen en "riktig" skada. Det är strelok som blivit skickad till sjukstugan på grund av en spricka i skelettet i närheten av armbågen. Detta gör att det i nuläget är omöjligt för herr strelok att spela CoD4 och han får därför se sig ersatt av TW!ST tills vidare.
strelok kommenterar:
"I went to the hospital today, the surgeon dude did some tests and looked at xray photo's; There's a crack in the bone close to the elbow joint or whatever, which causes a strong pain when I try to move my lower arm.
Also there's too much blood/fluid around/in the elbow joint, which makes it hard to move it in general. He thinks it will take a little while until the pain will start decreasing, and after a while it will heal completely. So that's good for later on.. but atm I'm fucked. Good luck to Adam and the boys, I'm sure they can make me proud by persuing their goals, which will make a high placement at iseries quite feasible!"
TW!ST kommer således att spela med Tek-9 under i33 och hur detta kommer påverka resultatet återstår att se, men visst måste det svida för alla i organisationen (ja, förrutom för TW!ST då) att man tappat en av sina nyckelspelare bara dagar innan CoD4:as största (sett på prispengarna) hittills.
Relaterat:
Tek-9.org
strelok kommenterar:
"I went to the hospital today, the surgeon dude did some tests and looked at xray photo's; There's a crack in the bone close to the elbow joint or whatever, which causes a strong pain when I try to move my lower arm.
Also there's too much blood/fluid around/in the elbow joint, which makes it hard to move it in general. He thinks it will take a little while until the pain will start decreasing, and after a while it will heal completely. So that's good for later on.. but atm I'm fucked. Good luck to Adam and the boys, I'm sure they can make me proud by persuing their goals, which will make a high placement at iseries quite feasible!"
TW!ST kommer således att spela med Tek-9 under i33 och hur detta kommer påverka resultatet återstår att se, men visst måste det svida för alla i organisationen (ja, förrutom för TW!ST då) att man tappat en av sina nyckelspelare bara dagar innan CoD4:as största (sett på prispengarna) hittills.
Relaterat:
Tek-9.org
dignitas\SKO intervjuad
Team Dignitas är som vanligt en av favoriterna nu när det börjar dra ihop sig för nästa Multiplay event, i33. Tek-9.org har därför passat på att intervjua lagets nya ingame-leader SKO för att bland annat höra vad han kommer göra för skillnad i laget.
Saxat från intervjun:
"Q: Could you just introduce yourself to the readers?
A: My name is Bas Dirks, 20 years old, and from September I'll be studying graphic design in Amsterdam. I have played online FPS games from age fourteen, beginning with Day of Defeat. In the Call of Duty series I have played for KREATUREN, Check-Six, and TEK9. Except for KREATUREN I have always been leader in the teams I played for. I am currently in-game leader and AK47-extraordinaire for Team Dignitas.
Q: The game has managed to top Counter Strike: Source at i33 in regards to prize money. Do you see Call of Duty 4 doing this a lot more in the future, or in your opinion will Counter Strike still be the number one competitive game for a lot longer?
A: I think the number one competitive game is still CS 1.6, but Call of Duty 4 is closing in on Source.
Q: After CDC4, Dignitas looked less than confident, a shadow of the previous British powerhouse. What will you bring to the team for the future and where do you think the team can improve?
A: I will bring leadership to the team. We need to improve on teamplay and strats. And we also need to work on basics like aim ;)
Q: Talking of leadership, with you taking over in game captain duties from Mick, should we expect to see much of a change in the way Dignitas play?
A: Yes, we will be playing radically differently. More co-ordinated, less retarded. But we can't make this change overnight."
Läs hela intervjun:
Tek-9.org
Saxat från intervjun:
"Q: Could you just introduce yourself to the readers?
A: My name is Bas Dirks, 20 years old, and from September I'll be studying graphic design in Amsterdam. I have played online FPS games from age fourteen, beginning with Day of Defeat. In the Call of Duty series I have played for KREATUREN, Check-Six, and TEK9. Except for KREATUREN I have always been leader in the teams I played for. I am currently in-game leader and AK47-extraordinaire for Team Dignitas.
Q: The game has managed to top Counter Strike: Source at i33 in regards to prize money. Do you see Call of Duty 4 doing this a lot more in the future, or in your opinion will Counter Strike still be the number one competitive game for a lot longer?
A: I think the number one competitive game is still CS 1.6, but Call of Duty 4 is closing in on Source.
Q: After CDC4, Dignitas looked less than confident, a shadow of the previous British powerhouse. What will you bring to the team for the future and where do you think the team can improve?
A: I will bring leadership to the team. We need to improve on teamplay and strats. And we also need to work on basics like aim ;)
Q: Talking of leadership, with you taking over in game captain duties from Mick, should we expect to see much of a change in the way Dignitas play?
A: Yes, we will be playing radically differently. More co-ordinated, less retarded. But we can't make this change overnight."
Läs hela intervjun:
Tek-9.org
CODQCUP tillbaka!
Nu är äntligen CODQCUP tillbaka och det med plats för hela 286 lag. Registrera ditt lag kan du göra veckan ut men även om 286 känns ganska maffigt så bör du nog inte vänta tills sista sekund då platserna kommer att gå åt. Turneringstart är 26/3 så ta och skriv upp det i kalendern direkt. Notera även att man har gjort några regeländringar sen senast.
"- Awp-sniperfix will be used
- 5v5 all the time. Meaning no 4v5 kniferound if the opponent do not agree on it. This have also led to that we have increased the minutes before a team can claim a forfit to 20 mins instead of 15 mins that we had before.
- Timeouts: Each team will have 1 time out per map when ever they would like to and for any reason, but do not lame around taking timeouts just to go take a piss.
- Smg's will be limited to 3
- We will probably bring in mp_ravens in the playoffs"
Ta del av mer info:
CODQCUP
Infinity gör om, igen *
Inför CDC4 gjorde Team Infinity om i leden och satsade på en fulltalig dansk lineup (läs mer). Nu med facit i hand var det kanske inte det bästa alternativet och man har själva insett att utbudet på tillräckligt bra spelare i Danmark är alldeles för dåligt och därför ser det nu ut som att man kommer köra på halvdanskt framöver.
Detta är en följd av att laget inte presterat speciellt bra samt att inaktiviteten varit för hög i laget. De 2 som får lämna laget är CSD (mannen som vart fast i tullen, läs mer) och outlaw.
Kommentar kring detta:
"Jeg er naturligvis ked af hvordan tingene har udspillet sig - trods en førsteplads i CoDGamings CoD4 Cup og en kvalifikation til CDC4 har holdet ikke leveret nogle prangende resultater på det sidste, og det er der en masse forskellige årsager til. Vi valgte bl.a. at skabe et fuldt DK-Lineup for at gøre holdet mere LANable, men udbudet af spillere i DK med vores ambitionsniveau var desværre ikke hvad vi havde håbet på, på daværende tidspunkt.
De seneste måneder har derfor budt på en del lineup issues (HEJ CYAN :D), og uheldige situationer der har gjort at holdet i perioder har kæmpet med bare at være nok til pracc. At det så gik knap så godt til CDC4 var formentlig afgørende for CSD og nu også outlaws exit, og det har jeg fuld forståelse for. Jeg vil endnu engang gerne takke Simon og Rune for deres tid i Infinity, det har været en fornøjelse at følge de to gæve gutter - især i CoD2, hvor de uden tvivl havde deres "storhedstid".
Med kun 3 spillere tilbage er Infinity.cod4 nu gået inaktiv - vi arbejder dog på at vende stærkt tilbage med et nyt lineup inden længe."
De 3 kvarvarande spelarna:
Fr33dom
zetrex
zENTSE
*UPPDATERING*
"miniChefen" (mycket snyggt namn där) har lyckats få en bild mot vad som kan föreställa nya Infinity, den tackar jag för och nu återstår det att se hur korrekt den är.
Relaterat:
Team-Infinity.dk
CoDgaming.dk (källa)
Detta är en följd av att laget inte presterat speciellt bra samt att inaktiviteten varit för hög i laget. De 2 som får lämna laget är CSD (mannen som vart fast i tullen, läs mer) och outlaw.
Kommentar kring detta:
"Jeg er naturligvis ked af hvordan tingene har udspillet sig - trods en førsteplads i CoDGamings CoD4 Cup og en kvalifikation til CDC4 har holdet ikke leveret nogle prangende resultater på det sidste, og det er der en masse forskellige årsager til. Vi valgte bl.a. at skabe et fuldt DK-Lineup for at gøre holdet mere LANable, men udbudet af spillere i DK med vores ambitionsniveau var desværre ikke hvad vi havde håbet på, på daværende tidspunkt.
De seneste måneder har derfor budt på en del lineup issues (HEJ CYAN :D), og uheldige situationer der har gjort at holdet i perioder har kæmpet med bare at være nok til pracc. At det så gik knap så godt til CDC4 var formentlig afgørende for CSD og nu også outlaws exit, og det har jeg fuld forståelse for. Jeg vil endnu engang gerne takke Simon og Rune for deres tid i Infinity, det har været en fornøjelse at følge de to gæve gutter - især i CoD2, hvor de uden tvivl havde deres "storhedstid".
Med kun 3 spillere tilbage er Infinity.cod4 nu gået inaktiv - vi arbejder dog på at vende stærkt tilbage med et nyt lineup inden længe."
De 3 kvarvarande spelarna:
Fr33dom
zetrex
zENTSE
*UPPDATERING*
"miniChefen" (mycket snyggt namn där) har lyckats få en bild mot vad som kan föreställa nya Infinity, den tackar jag för och nu återstår det att se hur korrekt den är.
Relaterat:
Team-Infinity.dk
CoDgaming.dk (källa)
Exabyte intervjuade
EuroCup-laget Exabyte som förövrigt ligger 1:a på CB-laddern (anteckna nu intresseklubben!) har blivit intervjuade av ClubAI.net inför i33. Intervjun i sig är väl inte så mycket att hänga i granen förrutom lite trevlig läsning såhär natte-tid.
"Q: How do you intend to take your teams online success to i33 next weekend?
A: Seeing as we've been playing for a fairly long time together as one lineup, the transfer wont be difficult, except for the possibility that lighters hopefully wont steal every monitor at the lan ;]
Q: With teams such as Dignitas, Tek9 and Fnatic attending how well do you think you will do?
A: House hold names can always be daunting, but it wont phase us because we're coming into the event with a strong backbone of results, and a shit hot backlot, Shall be pretty fun."
Läs vidare:
ClubAI.net
LINQAN & rivieRa are doing it eurostyle!
Två av våra stora svenska CoD4-profiler är LINQAN och rivieRa och nu kommer de att spela under samma fana. I samband med att OMGN lades på hyllan (läs mer) stod det klart att rivieRa inte skulle vara klanlös speciellt länge. Sagt och gjort har han nu tagit plats i eurostyle!, en minst sagt intressant mix av spelare som tidigare spelade under Team Redemption. Man har redan hunnit med att slå ner båda CDC4-finalisterna, Fnatic (16-12) och TLR (13-07) till loserbracket i L2W.
En annan nykomling i laget är jani, tidigare Epsilon som kommer agera backup. Och om man fortsätter på sin inslagna väg kan detta bli ungefär hur bra som helst.
Statement okla:
"The roster of the team will problably be apparent to most players since we have been playing with a solid four for nearly 2 months now. After LINQAN and I left Circus Noir we found MoN and AssasiN, it felt really good playing with them from the getgo, and so we decided to stick together. Finding a suitable fifth was hard, and depressing at times, but now, we come out bigger, better and harder then before !
In addition to the mentioned four, we would like to welcome Robin "rivieRa" Holmen to fill the void and Jani "Jani" Keskinen as our backup player. With this lineup we hope to continue our succes in the live2win league, only from now on with a full lineup. We will be playing everything we can in the upcoming weeks, searching for the needed support to attend offline events aswell, all of this offcourse while kicking ass and having fun."
eurostyle lineup:
AssasiN
MoN
okla
LINQAN
rivieRa
J4ni (backup)
Chefen önskar LINQAN och rivieRa lycka till med sin mycket lovande satsning!
Relaterat:
#eurostyle! @ QNet.
Tek-9.org (källa)
En annan nykomling i laget är jani, tidigare Epsilon som kommer agera backup. Och om man fortsätter på sin inslagna väg kan detta bli ungefär hur bra som helst.
Statement okla:
"The roster of the team will problably be apparent to most players since we have been playing with a solid four for nearly 2 months now. After LINQAN and I left Circus Noir we found MoN and AssasiN, it felt really good playing with them from the getgo, and so we decided to stick together. Finding a suitable fifth was hard, and depressing at times, but now, we come out bigger, better and harder then before !
In addition to the mentioned four, we would like to welcome Robin "rivieRa" Holmen to fill the void and Jani "Jani" Keskinen as our backup player. With this lineup we hope to continue our succes in the live2win league, only from now on with a full lineup. We will be playing everything we can in the upcoming weeks, searching for the needed support to attend offline events aswell, all of this offcourse while kicking ass and having fun."
eurostyle lineup:
AssasiN
MoN
okla
LINQAN
rivieRa
J4ni (backup)
Chefen önskar LINQAN och rivieRa lycka till med sin mycket lovande satsning!
Relaterat:
#eurostyle! @ QNet.
Tek-9.org (källa)